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WP:Conspiracy

Maybe you should see Conspiracy before you accuse me or others of being a sock. Just because foaming at the mouth progressives tried to protect criticism against Kotsko months back and blocked me without any proof, doesn't mean that I am a sock going after Bernstein (as if I'd waste my time on someone like that). If you have any serious accusations, you're free to take them up the proper way. Also, back when I started to edit the Norwegian Misplaced Pages years ago, I had a completely different username than the one I made on the English Misplaced Pages, which means you can't compare my two profiles. Jørgen88 (talk) 08:08, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

RFA.

Ignore the naysayers at the RFA, continue to vote. Admins and bureacrats like Wjbscribe know better than to engage in mortal kombat with a voter on an RFA talkpage like they did to you. Dont let it get to you, they'll all the bit soon enough. 2602:30A:2CAB:9070:7DB9:24C0:4059:F4D4 (talk) 08:14, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Your restoration of content by 7 BANNED users

Your restoration of content by 7 BANNED users - yes, I edited BBB23's page. Surely a handful of barnstars awarded by banned sockpuppets shouldn't be left as is? Or if you think so, why? What about Misplaced Pages:Banning_policy#Enforcement_by_reverting_edits? --Elvey 15:00, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Joseph McBride

Thanks for removing the notability tag. I almost immediately realized it wasn't necessary after I clicked "Save page" and was in the processing of removing it myself when the phone rang. Also, feel free to revert my attempt at clean up if I took out too much. -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:22, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	This barnstar is awarded to recognize particularly fine contributions to Misplaced Pages, to let people know that their hard work is seen and appreciated. Hafspajen (talk) 14:46, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Wow, how lovely Haffy! I thank you very much. I've been thinking about you recently, and all the joy you give to others. Blessings, Softlavender (talk) 14:57, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Bless bless, 7. Hafspajen (talk) 15:28, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Colin Welland

Not sure what you're going on about the birthplace. I didn't touch it. The NYT obit had his death place and full birth name, which I added. Connormah (talk) 06:56, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi Connormah, when I saw that you had removed (moved actually, not removed) all of the references from the birthplace in the infobox, I erroneously (and overhastily) read that as changing the birthplace back to what the NYT and every other obit erroneously has it has. (As you'll notice on the Talk page, it has taken us ages to get to the bottom of his correct birthplace.) Anyway, I restored your citation and mention of London in the body text (missed the infobox, but it's there now). Thank you very much for finding his middle name, that gives further proof of his birthplace being Liverpool. Anyway, the citations and footnote in the infobox need to stay or else everyone will be changing it back the way the obits have it, which is incorrect. Thanks again. Softlavender (talk) 07:11, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Eh! Eh! Alright! Lavvy. If you add in any more reliable sources for his birthplace, people will start to imagine that he had dark curly hair and a moustache wore a shellsuit! Martinevans123 (talk) 09:48, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Collateral damage from rangeblock

Hi Softlavender,

I'm writing on your talk page because you took part in the discussion about the extension of a range IP block, there're less than 2 hours left for the new block to start and yesterday I added some information making a summary at the end of the section: may you please join back the discussion and give your final opinion about the matter?

Thank you in advance!

Centocinquantuno (talk) 09:24, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Bethel, Alaska

Hello. Could you please explain why a fire that destroyed two schools in Bethel, Alaska does not belong in the towns history section? How exactly is the destruction of two schools a run of the mill fire? It certainly belongs there more than the Taco Bell hoax, which nobody seems to have a problem with. Juneau Mike (talk) 14:28, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages is an interesting place

I have a close friend who had a devastating "brain accident" several years ago, rendering her partially aphasic. When confronted with particularly puzzling behavior (usually inappropriate behavior), she styles it as "interesting".

Here in the Oz we call Misplaced Pages, a teacher can be summarily blocked in 2 seconds flat for something that causes no damage, but we must debate for hours headed into days over what to do with an editor in a position of trust that has done things over the course of many years and thousands of articles that I would not tolerate from my 6 year old son.

An analogy was made and summarily dismissed about that kind of behavior in a workplace. Well, I run a non-profit and am its only paid employee. I have a rotating irregular staff of about 60 volunteers. If I got that scatological, I'd be gone. Immediately. If I tolerated that kind of behavior from any of my volunteers, I'd be gone. Immediately. Yes you can fire a volunteer. They don't have a union. It's not hard. Why is it so hard here? Yes, my friend would definitely say, "Misplaced Pages is interesting." John from Idegon (talk) 07:44, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, I personally think he should face a (long hard) block. I don't know whether I should propose that. Softlavender (talk) 07:50, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

That too was dismissed as "punitive". Bull. If a person (the only thing I have agreed with in the whole thread is that it is a fair assumption said person is male) lacks the common sense to not engage in that kind of behavior, then their lack of common sense becomes something to prevent. In other words, CIR. John from Idegon (talk) 08:30, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Obviously. Softlavender (talk) 08:39, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

• One more thing, John: I believe that, based on recent rashes of events, two things should be added to the behaviors that are considered WP:DE: Mass creation of redirects, and mass removal of prods. We have recently had at least four editors caught out mass-creating redirects, and at least three to five IPs mass-removing prods. It's time to make a stand and put it in writing that these activities are not allowed. I don't know where to make such a proposal though. Softlavender (talk) 09:45, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Poor administrating

I'm afraid your repeated accusations on ANI reflect rather badly on you. First you falsely accuse me of not notifying the user , then you falsely claim I removed material from an article three times . I assume good faith and don't think you were intentionally dishonest, but definitely lazy as ten seconds of fact checking would have sufficed. Try to check the facts better in the future, thanks. Coupled with your refusal to discuss the issue at the article talk page and your willingness to overlook NPA violations if they come from people who share your view, the overall picture in my view is of an admin who is not currently doing a particularly good job. Jeppiz (talk) 23:22, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Not sure where you got the idea I am an admin or that I share any particular person's view. My points still stand, although I appreciate the correction -- you removed the material twice, not three times. Softlavender (talk) 23:25, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

My bad, I thought you were an admin. Well, that's certainly an embarrassment for me and a touché for you; I stand here an equally bad fact-checker myself. Let's call it a draw. Jeppiz (talk) 23:27, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

LOL! Deal. Softlavender (talk) 23:35, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

And of course I should not have removed the material more than once, I'll gladly concede that point. It happens, but it's no excuse. While far from a 3RR violation, I should just have discussed after having been reverted. Jeppiz (talk) 23:58, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Well the discussion page is open and I have provided my reasoning, I'm very much interested in how you are going to twist this Alexis Ivanov (talk) 00:59, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

False edit warring

There is no edit warring except when Jezzip came in to start and edit war

>Users are expected to collaborate with others

I did exactly that. You can see it for yourself.

> rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Jezzip is the one beign disruptive, there was no edit war on the article except when and the Tip came in,

Alexis Ivanov (talk) 00:26, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

So now you are siding with the other guy when I clearly showed you my reasoning of EDITING, which Dr.K undone it and I brought it back, thank you for stabbing me in the back it helps Alexis Ivanov (talk) 00:30, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Alexis Ivanov, policy (especially WP:BRD) is very clear. You must discuss on the article talk page, and gain WP:CONSENSUS, before repeatedly removing sourced content. If you revert again, you will likely be immediately blocked for edit warring. Softlavender (talk) 00:35, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

>before repeatedly removing sourced content
It was false source content, the content was sourced from "giving gifts", rather than "Manumission was discouraged", this is the twisting of the Hadith
>If you revert again, you will likely be immediately blocked for edit warring
I'm not reverting again, so calm down, and good for you standing with them even when I explained my decision and you still falsely accuse me, I never was part of disrupting editing in the article, Tip and Jezzip are there because they are following me around. and Undoing my work, which had it's reasons explained
If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Misplaced Pages, ignore it. Alexis Ivanov (talk) 00:40, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Also why did you deleted my source content? You never explained that yet you are there reverting the article to Jezzip's version, I'm in love with how BIASED you are, great work Alexis Ivanov (talk) 00:43, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

I didn't delete any sourced content. You did. Softlavender (talk) 00:54, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

I improved the article my removing the false source content that was referencing giving Eadith and not manumission discouraged after a user complained and I added three hadith of manumission encouraged and you removed those hadith I sourced in favor of the giving hadith taking a biased stance in the article, but as usual, I have to deal with your kind and I'm dealing it in the talk page now and bring the sources with me right there. In my opinion you should have left the article the way it was with my edit, since the burden of proof lies on Tip and Jezzip to provide evidence that manumission was disocuraged and NOT ENCOURAGED, which I did provided it in Dr.K user page that is why the page hasn't seen an edit war since TIP and Jezzip started editing without giving their reason, yet you blame me and REVERT my edit, GOOD JOB Alexis Ivanov (talk) 00:58, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Please look at my two edits: , . I did not remove any sourced content. Please stop saying that I did. It was you who removed content, multiple times. Please stop posting all this material on my talk page. If you want to discuss the content of the article, do that on the article's talk page, not here. Thank you. Softlavender (talk) 01:07, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

I have to discuss it here, because I'm not understanding why you are siding with them, you clearly removed the way the article it was even though you didn't remove ANY HADITH, I'm baffled by your back stabbing. So what was wrong with the way the article was when I fixed it and THEN go to the talk page or do you have to side with the others, please bring forth your neutrality Alexis Ivanov (talk) 01:13, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Stop stalking me

The extent to which you stalk me across articles is a little bit creepy, particularly as WP:ABF seems to be your standard approach to me. You don't need to like me or my edits, that is mutual. I think your overall contribution to WP is negative and the project would be better off without you. But when editing articles and talk pages, you would do well do stop misrepresenting other users, editing without bothering to take the time to read what others say, and always assuming bad faith. Jeppiz (talk) 02:20, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

>The extent to which you stalk me across articles is a little bit creepy, particularly as WP:ABF

You are tasting your own medicine now, how you feel, besides he is an administrator so show some respect. let him do his job. Are we as editors suppose not visit any articles you visit?

>seems to be your standard approach to me

Crying foul now?

>You don't need to like me or my edits, that is mutual.

WHAT?

>I think your overall contribution to WP is negative and the project would be better off without you.

That is what you think about everyone who is against you.

>But when editing articles and talk pages, you would do well do stop misrepresenting other users, editing without bothering to take the time to read what others say, and always assuming bad faith.

Another bunch of false accusation, the disrespect on you is amazing. Alexis Ivanov (talk) 02:26, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Did Softlavender pulled the tooth of the lion? Incredible. Alexis Ivanov (talk) 02:55, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

A rose by any other name...

Re: "Why is this case titled "Improper redirects" and not "Neelix"?" — There is a tendency for ArbCom to depersonalize disputes by removing names of parties from the case title, for better or worse. I do think that in some situations such a move might help to lower the level of public posturing and rhetoric. It also allows the expansion of the case if there are other parties who come to light (for example, if it proves to be that more people than Neelix are creating masses of problematic redirects).

This naming protocol probably should be made into a formal rule if it is something ArbCom feels strongly about — the fact that this naming rule is applied unevenly is the chief cause for complaint, I think. best regards, —Tim /// Carrite (talk) 19:13, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

OK thanks Carrite. In the past I had seen titles, even initial titles, like "Kww and The Rambling Man", etc., so it didn't make sense for me. Also, as I had mentioned in my post, the Neelix problem goes way way beyond the redirects. Also, Neelix is the fourth uer this month to get called upf for creating tens of thousands of redirects, so if it was only going to be about mass redirects, the core of the Neelix issue would have been missed. Anyway, thanks again. Cheers, Softlavender (talk) 00:54, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Arbitration case accepted

You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Neelix. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Neelix/Evidence. Please add your evidence by November 17, 2015, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Neelix/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration.

For the Arbitration Committee, Amortias (T)(C) 20:46, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for helping clean up the Neelix mess. Your link to Wikipediocracy is what I had also used to understand the situation. Those folks are quite perceptive. As always it is useful to remain skeptical of what others write when they have an agenda. Nevertheless, when Wikipediocracy complains about something there is often fire behind the smoke. It's easier to call somebody out, ridicule then and send them away than to clean up the resulting mess. Thank you for concentrating on the latter. Jehochman 12:34, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

GA reassessment

This statement is plainly incorrect. WP:GAR states that the GA icon should only be removed after the delisting. Just because an article is very different from the version that passed GA does not mean that the GA icon can be removed earlier. sst✈ 05:42, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Champagne Charlie (1944 film)

Did some work here. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 19:25, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

Good work, as not in my "wheelhouse", you certainly have done a nice cleanup. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 21:11, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

I have Maltin, Leonard. Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide 2009. New York: New American Library, 2009 (originally published as TV Movies, then Leonard Maltin’s Movie & Video Guide), First edition 1969, published annually since 1988. ISBN 978-0-451-22468-2. Champagne Charlie doesn't appear there, so I cribbed from the TCM site. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 22:06, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

Understood. I'm trying to provide a date though, for the article. Check this: . Since the VHS was apparently not available until 1989 (I'm seeing that as release date on Amazon UK), even in the UK, he must have first reviewed it in the 1990s in my opinion .... Softlavender (talk) 22:17, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

He probably had a review in the older editions, but as the number of films increased, in order to keep the volume manageable, some articles were deleted, I guess. Champagne Charlie does appear, however in the Timeout Review c. 2004. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 22:38, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

I have to log off as I am off to a NHL hockey game. Go Jets! (BTW, I really enjoyed this!) FWiW Bzuk (talk) 22:46, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

OK have a great afternoon! Re: Maltin: There would have been no reason for him to review it in his book guide unless the VHS was available (the review tells viewers to look for a certain performer), hence it is appearing in the 1990s editions on GoogleBooks, but not prior to that. Softlavender (talk) 22:49, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

Made the cite into a Harvard citation with a MLA reference notation in the bibliographic tracing (whoops, I'm talking librarian, here – LOL.) FWiW Bzuk (talk) 22:54, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

OK, looks fine, although I think it would also be good for the reader to have the TCM version to view, so the reader can see that we are quoting the review in its entirety, not just a snippet. I personally in that case usually use a parenthetical note in the citation that says "(reprinted: )", but that perhaps won't work as well with this kind of citing. I'm all about the reader, and I like viewable refs, which is why I don't usually use that kind of citation. PS: also re: Maltin, I think I misspoke above, plus I also slightly misunderstood your point. There appear to be several different movies called "Champagne Charlie", and I don't actually know when the VHS of this one came out because I was accidentally looking at the Hugh Grant movie. But we do have proof that Maltin reviewed the film as of, or in, his 1995 book, so that suffices .... Softlavender (talk) 23:43, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

I really appreciate your editing style as I am predominately a writer and have only dabbled at line editing in the real as well as "reel" world. I did edit one book and was the editor of a trade periodical and an online historical journal, but it is not my forte. Maybe we can collaborate again on some article; this one came about serendipitously. ... and the Winnipeg Jets won! (It was the oddest game as Jets 2.0 were playing Jets 1.0; there is a story here to someday chronicle.) FWiW Bzuk (talk) 03:36, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

I'm glad everything turned out serendipitously (although frankly I am baffled by the Jets conundrum LOL)! Thanks for all your great work on the article, it's pretty sharp now! I think it might do well with a current review that is positive (Maltin and the other one are pretty negative), if a good quote can be found, but otherwise fine. Cheers and see you around the pedia. :) -- Softlavender (talk) 06:37, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

Today

St Cecilia's Day

A Boy was Born

Thank you for the cello suite help! Did you know the others? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:44, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

I may have heard some of them on the radio, but no, I'm not specifically familiar with them. Plus I'm not particularly up on Britten, to be quite honest. ... Softlavender (talk) 20:43, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

• Why yes, it is St. Cecilia's Day! (I'm a little groggy.) I would listen to Handel's Ode but something pretty is on the radio right now .... Happy day! :-) There's some good poetry about this as well but I'd have to look it up. Softlavender (talk) 21:28, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

I am kinda partial to Gounod's St. Cecilia Mass to honor the day. I listened to it while my coffee was brewing this morning. They are all good choices though. I hope that everyone has a delightful week. MarnetteD|Talk 21:37, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip, G. I may check that out as well .... Softlavender (talk) 21:42, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

Oh crap, M, I thought you were Gerda. LOL. Thanks for visiting on this fine St. Cecilia's Day! Softlavender (talk) 22:23, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

No worries S :-) I just hope that the music strikes your fancy if and when you get to listen to it. Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 22:31, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

• Gerda: I've frequently heard that the problem with Bach's cello suites (and violin sonatas/partitas) is that it's hard for performers to get a grasp on them as there are no obvious musical phrases, instructions, or themes, so it's hard for a performance to "cohere" and the performer has to make sense of each movement for themselves (out of whole cloth), and the "sense" isn't provided by Bach. I've alluded to that now in the lede. Is it OK for me to state that, without citation (yet)? We can probably find a citation somewhere about why they are so difficult musically (as opposed to technically), but I don't know what to search under to find that. Softlavender (talk) 22:23, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

I like to listen to them but don't really "know" about them. Stating that in the lead is MUCH better than the list of performers we had so far. - Thanks for reminding me of the mass, my last Christmas present to the community. The Boy was supposed the 2013 one, but I still am not over missing the image and Britten's title in the article. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:34, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

• OK Gerda, I tried to talk about the music in the lede, like you wanted: Cello Suites (Bach). I'm kind of tired now so I think I'll leave it at that. I hope I have done St. Cecilia justice. Softlavender (talk) 04:41, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Precious again, your musical rescue work on Bach's cello suites

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:02, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

This was my reminder, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:09, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Gerda Arendt What! Another person is re-preciousized, yet again. I'm starting to think you are toying with me and want to cause me anguish. I just told my wife that somebody on Misplaced Pages was being mean to me again. She said, "Dear, that's because you deserve yet." I'll go sulk in the corner now. Bgwhite (talk) 01:21, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

My doctors and family tell me that I have to focus, so I can't be fair. If that translates to mean to you, I am helpless. Get out of that corner, hug your wife, and pass Precious again" to others generously - it's easy and for everybody - and know that's not mean ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:27, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Copyeditor's Barnstar
		For contributions "above and beyond ..." on Champagne Charlie (1944 film) FWiW Bzuk (talk) 21:32, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

Why thank you, Bzuk! That is very much appreciated!! Softlavender (talk) 21:40, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Dog article

I can't remember... you are into dog articles? Buccleuch Avon popped up and looks suspect.

I was looking at your user page to see if dogs were mentioned. I didn't know you were an oooooooold grandma. I'll try and write louder so you can hear. I won't mention that I'm close to your age. Nope, won't mention that all. Just stay off my lawn. Bgwhite (talk) 01:16, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

I'm not actually a dog-article maven, only got into that at one time because of the troll who I tracked after they had posted a Tom & Jerry screenshot on an unrelated article. For me, Hafs and Phil are the dog mavens. Anyway, I put the Buccleuch Avon article on my watch list in case it has further problems. I'm a Baby Boomer, and we never grow old ... Softlavender (talk) 10:53, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Archiving AN/ANI

Softlavender, please do not archive cases so quickly. There could be a number of editors, including the filer, who would like to see how a case is resolved and there is no hurry to move them off of the page. I'd allow at least 24 hours after a case is settled before archiving the discussion to allow editors to see the resolution. There are cases where editors are unsatisfied with a case closure and want to reopen a case or they provide additional comments to it. Thanks for your help. Liz 02:28, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Liz, I'm a very experienced archiver on ANI. I am archiving quickly for the WP:DENY issues, as is appropriate. Other threads I leave for at least 24 hours after close. Softlavender (talk) 02:34, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/List of major opera composers (2nd nomination)

User:Kosboot has withdrawn his nomination. I think everyone is in agreement to "projectify" the article so WP:WikiProject Opera can work on it. Can you help?4meter4 (talk) 14:52, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

What a team!

Why don't we nominate and as chair and co-chair of a new anti-bullying taskforce? EEng (talk) 15:29, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

• EEng, I do NOT need this when I come back from vacay. You should know better. Where's my "Happy Thanksgiving" message? My "We missed you" message? My "Hope you are OK" message? Just for that, I hope you get an anti-bullying tag-team trailing your ass and posting War and Peace–sized walls of text at you that quote the Bible while fulfilling Godwin's Law. Softlavender (talk) 18:15, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Your hope's already fulfilled . And what makes you think I'm a "dude" ? I'll have to get the WikiSexism people on you! EEng (talk) 18:25, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Here's a missed message for you: the lead of the Fifth is starving, missing your loving attention! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:14, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, the whole article Symphony No. 5 (Sibelius) is pretty sad, to tell you the truth. It sounds like it was written by a pathologist. The symphony is so lively and meaningful, and so eminently listenable, but that is reflected nowhere in the article. I don't know that I have any time or inclination to fix it though. Softlavender (talk) 10:20, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

If you would just write a lead (and if necessary insert the stuff in the body), to do justice to the piece! Most readers would not get past that anyway ;) - There must be sources! I found Barnett helpful whenever I looked, for example Scaramouche. - "Sadly unreferenced" has unfortunately to be said about many of his works, sometimes tagged, sometimes not. I understand that Sunday is the day of Finnish independence, - for many a reason to celebrate Sibelius also. - I have another celebration today pictured on my talk), so will not do much. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:50, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

I'll see if I have time to add anything to it, which of course would entail research and references -- I can't just make $#it up. I sort of have a backlog of things I'm wanting to do right now .... Softlavender (talk) 22:04, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Back from celebration: understand! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:27, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Amazing Grace (musical) summary

Hey Softlavander, Christopher Smith here from Amazing Grace. Thanks for your excellent work on the Amazing Grace (musical) article. I want to ask for your help with something. The summary which currently appears in the article is based on an older summary which I wrote back in early 2015. Because the Playbill content was needed before we opened, the Broadway Playbill contained numerous things that were never actually seen on Broadway, not just events but whole songs. I'm sure you know this is quite common on Broadway (to have additions and subtractions occur right up until opening.) So for the purpose of accuracy I would like to amend the summary and song list on the article to conform with what audiences actually experienced. Out of courtesy I wanted to get your thoughts before altering your work. If you care to see it, I can actually share the opening night Broadway script with you.

--Csmith18 (talk) 17:59, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

Hi Csmith18, I'm going to call in the assistance of Ssilvers, who actually wrote and added that plot summary to the wiki article, presumably based on the original Playbill summary or something derived from it. Ssilvers, can you look at the above comment and make what changes to Amazing Grace (musical) you deem appropriate? (An IP had made a lot of changes a few weeks ago and since there were no edit summaries or citations provided for most of the changes, I had reverted most of them.) Thanks very much Ssilvers for your assistance. By the way, this entire discussion can be copied to the article talk page if desired or appropriate. Softlavender (talk) 22:55, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Thank you Softlavander and Ssilvers for your work on this. I can provide a redlined summary with proposed changes. Most of what is in there is still valid, just some time, place and action changes, and only two songs dropped (thank heavens, I have heard of shows that swapped out six songs or more.) I have the opening night script here for editors only. And sure, this can get copied over onto the article talk page. 100.34.70.25 (talk) 23:30, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Discussion now moved to the article's Talk page. -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:43, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello!

This is a tad off topic, but I just realised that I'm fairly sure you called me "Less than competent" awhile back which gave me a good laugh reading back on it... (). You will be happy to know a year later I have gained some competency Happy editing! EoRdE6 04:32, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Please mind your own business

Don't get your arse everywhere you like. Ok? - 106.220.120.143 (talk) 03:00, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

All right, Softie, what have you been up to? EEng (talk) 03:06, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

• Well, ask User:Supdiop. Drmies (talk) 17:37, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

One laughs at first, but really it's sad. EEng (talk) 17:56, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

. Martinevans123 (talk) 23:06, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Keurig!

This whole matter is an interesting conundrum. (You just got reverted by an IP--don't jump to rollback yet.) First of all, the footnote itself is editorial commentary of course, and if we had to be strict about it we should remove it. Obviously Sylvan was totally wrong; there is no way in which "excellence" can be translated as "keurig" (never mind that "keurig" is an adjective), and one wonders where he found that translation. He is right, of course, that everyone likes the Dutch, and everyone is right about liking the Dutch, no doubt.

Anyway, I'm with the IP. I think we should go with the first option ("neat, tidy"), since it's really primary--otherwise we're sort of guessing at what Sylvan thought, and thought wrongly. Besides, no Dutch person would say that a "keurig rapport" means an excellent or choice report: "keurig" would be all sevens and eights (on a 1-10 scale). "Keurig" just has all these connotations of cleanliness, of Dutch housewives of the 1950s sweeping their stoep, before the hippies came and ruined it all. Later, Drmies (talk) 17:36, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Hi there, Drmies. I'm basing my opinions on my observation that there are several definitions of "keurig": . In my opinion, "neat, tidy" doesn't particularly work for a coffee product because coffee can't really be "neat" or "tidy"; however "fine, choice" can and do describe coffee (and have even been used in coffee brand names). I'm using a dictionary as my source because we can't just go by opinions. I notice just now that "excellent" is actually in that dictionary definition as well, as an alternate meaning (I hadn't noticed that before)! In any case, I think the jury is still out on what the footnote (if any) should say. Maybe we should just footnote to the dictionary page and leave the interpretation up to the reader; or list all of the definitions. I personally think listing (only) "neat, tidy" is not a good idea. Of course, this entire discussion can be moved to the talk page. UPDATE: OK, I just noticed your "the footnote itself is editorial commentary of course, and if we had to be strict about it we should remove it". I think that's the best idea. The only reason I originally added the footnote is that someone had already added some editorial commentary about the definition within the text of the article , , so I settled on the compromise of a footnote. I say let's just remove it. Softlavender (talk) 00:48, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

There's only one thing missing in your comment, and that's that you did not seem to unequivocally support the necessary admiration for the Dutch. Even the decision to lose all those games and stay out of UEFA Euro 2016 is to be admired, since we're letting other countries have a go at it. Yes, it was a calculated move.

I think the article makes it clear that this was that person's translation, right? So go for it and cut the footnote. Is that coffee really any good? I've had it once or twice but it always has a hip millennial marketing flavor to it, infused by advertising and hard to ignore. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 18:48, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

There was something on my mind about the Netherlands a few days ago but by golly I can't remember it. How's that for a cogent comment? You know, I actually know two Dutchpersons outside of WP (one of them has translated Dutch books into English) so if you had stonewalled on this I might have brought them in and gone over your head, even if your head is stratospheric now because of this ArbCom election. To be honest I don't drink coffee even though that is heresy on this island which is famed for its Kona coffee. I got interested in the company (and its more-interesting parent company which had a major and long-term environmental and social commitment) when some gigantic dreadful homework article called "Environmental impact of K-Cups" was posted on wiki and was full of huge science errors and bizarrely inaccurate OR and the usual uncurated nonsense. Softlavender (talk) 01:25, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Accusing me of being a spammer

That's a very serious accusation. Do you have any real basis for this? -- Kendrick7 06:42, 12 December 2015 (UTC) This is the part where you strike out your accusation and offer an apology, or else I'm forced to conclude that you are an asshole. Given recent comments on your talk page, that might not be much of a stretch. -- Kendrick7 02:47, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Personally I would avoid the words "asshole" and "stretch" in close connection when addressing a lady. But I'm likely out of fashion. Sam Sailor 03:33, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, very sorry: I got into a very bad place there. The Too soon redirect has been like my baby. I've taken great pride into giving out the link on message boards and comment threads 2 or 3 times a year. I'm really just sad that my baby probably won't live to see its 8th birthday, but such is life. :'( -- Kendrick7 04:55, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Editing the Elon Musk page

You keep bringing up that Canadians don't have to get rid of their citizenship to become Americans, yet you ignore the fact that it is possible to give up Canadian citizenship (which is all the article is saying happened, yet you keep unnecessarily and erroneously inferring something else). Also, how do you not know what the word "formerly" means? Formerly means "in the past", which means it is no longer the current situation. Ergo, he's no longer Canadian. There's no way you actually have an English degree if you don't know something simple like that. And you don't just get to decide whichever sources are credible or not, especially when the source is a well known, highly regarded publication such as Entrepreneur Magazine. Your evidence that it is not credible seems to be solely that it doesn't say what you want it to. Misplaced Pages qualifies this as a credible source, and I doubt that the magazine would just make up random facts about him. So quit reverting my edits unless you have proof to refute them, or I will have you banned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Beyers31 (talk • contribs) 08:32, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

. . . and lots of barnstars too

		Happy holidays.
		Best wishes for joy and happiness. Thanks for your kindness, may 2016 bring health and good cheer. ElijahBosley 16:34, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks I love that banner! So pretty! Cheers, Softlavender (talk) 01:29, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Category:Founders of companies of the United States

There are two possible classes of founders:

1. People who are American citizens, and therefore are already in Category:American company founders anyway, making a second category for the location of the company not a valuable addition;
2. People who are not American citizens, and therefore the location of the company fails to be a WP:DEFINING characteristic of the person in any way, shape or form.

Either way, the category simply has no value. For most people it's an unnecessary duplicate of another category they're already in anyway; and for the small minority for whom it isn't, it isn't even a defining characteristic at all. Bearcat (talk) 06:56, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

It's your personal opinion that the founding of a company in the United States by someone who is not an American citizen is not a defining characteristic. That doesn't track with every other "by location" and "by nationality" category system we have, in my opinion. And your preemptive removal of the category from all the articles that it was on has skewed the information available for the CfD you are apparently finally going to open just now. Softlavender (talk) 07:08, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Spelling

It was based on this, and my tip is that the water ("eau", French) goes in the middle - at least, that's the way I remember it ;-) Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:30, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Eau! I mean, Oh! I appreciate that, as I just made a couple of image edits on fr.wiki and had to use my by-now Pidgin French to explain. (I couldn't even be bothered to use the cedille for "français" , so they probably hate me). Softlavender (talk) 09:36, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

They don't hate you, they'll just haughtily pretend they can't hear you. EEng (talk) 04:20, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

Thus far, they haven't reverted any of my changes that were edit-summaried either in English or in crappy French. And they actually expeditiously made my edit-request made on the talk page of a protected page ! It must be the Christmas season or the recent Paris events that have softened them up. Fortunately, the only time I have visited France (lived two weeks in Paris and two weeks in the Alps), I was quite fluent, although it's hell hearing four-year-olds speak better French than you do. Softlavender (talk) 05:12, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

You will have to bully, harass, and lie about some other editor. I am asking that my account be closed.

There is currently a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. You will have to bully, harass, and lie about some other editor. I am asking that my account be closed. MBUSHIstory (talk) 18:26, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

That's entirely your choice, MBUSHIstory. I erred in not noticing that your second link on your second ANI filing about Checkingfax was to your userpage (not talk page). That was human error (and I repeated the error here on my own talk page, now deleted because you kept posting on my talk page after I had requested you not to and had warned you that I would delete both threads if you did). However, I have never bullied, harassed, or deliberately lied about you; I think this should be obvious by the fact that early on I removed Checkingfax's templates from your userpage. Moreover, when you continue to post long accusations in venues where they do not belong (you were notified that they belonged on the SPI, not ANI), you arouse frustration and impatience in others. Best not to continue that. And if an unwarranted SPI is brought against anyone, the best course of action is just to ignore it, or make a simple statement there that you are not a sockpuppet. Everyone on Misplaced Pages gets accused of something or name-called something or disparaged somewhere along the line. Generally the best course of action is not to respond. Focus on article content, not on other editors or their actions. Softlavender (talk) 03:59, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

Edit Quest!

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Doodles

Please be kind enough to point me where I could find the general consensus of Google Doodles are not noteworthy for inclusion. Happy Beethoven's baptist anniversary to you!--123.231.125.99 (talk) 10:44, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

It's generally accepted to be trivia, and excessively trivial for Misplaced Pages, which is an encyclopedia. If you feel strongly about adding a mention of a Google Doodle in any article, start a discussion on the article's talk page and gain a consensus about it. Cheers, Softlavender (talk) 10:48, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

Season's Greetings

To You and Yours!

FWiW Bzuk (talk) 16:59, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks so much Bzuk! Hope your season is a great one, too. Thanks so much for thinking of me. :-) Softlavender (talk) 00:28, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Yo Ho Ho

MarnetteD|Talk is wishing you Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Christmas, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hanukkah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec15b}} to your friends' talk pages.

Make sure to click on both pictures to see them full size Softlavender as they will give you a chuckle. May your 2016 be full of joy and special times. MarnetteD|Talk 04:43, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Ho ho ho. :) Thanks Marnette! I need some David Tennant advice these days, as I just got "into" him recently. Not being a Whovian, I haven't seen him in that, and I found his Hamlet to be dreadful and turned it off nearly immediately. But I recently watched Broadchurch (at least the first series), and am a convert. Plus such an intoxicating Scots accent. Any recommendations? Softlavender (talk) 00:33, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Hi S. It is a shame that the Hamlet turned you off. I liked it but I would not want you to put yourself through it again just because of that. One thing I was interested in was watching Patrick Stewart as Claudius and compare and contrast it with the performance he gave in the same role way back in 1980 opposite Derek Jacobi. Tennant has kept himself very busy onscreen and stage since leaving DW. He has, wisely, played a variety of roles to avoid the typecasting that happened to several of the actors who played the Dr back in the 70s and 80s. He and Katherine Tate appeared as Beatrice and Benedick in Much Ado ... and I would have liked to be in the audience for that. As to the TV performances his Casanova didn't grab me. It is a light bit of froth but that doesn't mean that you should avoid it. My opinion is also colored by the fact that I am a devotee of Frank Findlay's performance in Casanova from the dim and distant. For me the only other actor to come close is Marcello Mastroianni in That Night in Varennes. I seem to have drifted off into talking about that Italian adventurer so I will try to get back on task here. HeeHee. I liked Broadchurch season 1 as well - I didn't think season 2 was as good - a little tortured - but Charlotte Rampling has a major role and she was as fascinating to watch as ever. The American remake, Gracepoint, was another in a long line of failed attempts to transfer a good UK program to the US. I have seen Spies of Warsaw, The Politician's Husband and The Escape Artist. All very different from each other and all worth a look. Of course, you might like the shows I didn't and be turned off by the ones I did so my apologies if any of these leave you cold :-) I hope that you and yours have a wonderful week!! Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 03:58, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, I started watching S2 of Broadchurch, and I really enjoyed Olivia Colman and her increasing chemistry with Tennant, but after an episode or two it got too contrived and long-winded and seemed to be merely capitalizing on the success of S1. Gracepoint is on Amazon Instant, and since Tennant is in it I put it on my Watchlist, but it doesn't get the user ratings that Broadchurch does so I hadn't bothered yet. I didn't realize that it's the U.S. remake of Broadchurch, so that settles that -- I'll skip it. I'm currently trying to find things that do not require me to purchase DVDs, lest I spend a lot of money for something I don't particularly like. (I'm off of Netflix at the moment but maybe I should rejoin, although I don't know if they offer any Tennant material.) I thought Patrick Stewart was quite good as Claudius in the Derek Jacobi Hamlet, except for the prayer soliloquy which he totally botched *sigh* -- rushing through it in triple time for no real reason -- really almost ruins the production. I'll check on how/where those items you mentioned are available. If I have no luck I may look for Mark Rylance material -- another new favorite after viewing Wolf Hall, but Rylance is a denizen of the stage and harder to find onscreen. Cheers and very happy holidays to you as well! :-) Softlavender (talk) 04:43, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Nadolig Llawen

Martinevans123 ... sends you warmest wishes for a:

"Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda"

May the true spirit of Christmas bless you with warmth and peace! ... And "Mele Kalikimaka" (Hawaiian Merry Christmas)!!

Mahalo nui loa, Martin! Me ke aloha pumehana, Softlavender (talk) 00:38, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Originally only five vowels and twelve consonants in the entire Hawaiian alphabet?! Rock-A-Hula Baby !! Martinevans123 (talk) 12:52, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

A very happy Christmas and New Year to you!
May 2016 bring you joy, happiness – and no trolls or vandals! All the best Gavin / – SchroCat (talk) 23:36, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, Schro. Love the sentiment and the vintage literary image! Softlavender (talk) 00:42, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

To all my lovely Talk-page stalkers

I'm too lazy to make this into a deliverable greeting (much less deliver it), but this is too good not to share:

Bleat Along to Classic Holiday Tunes With This Goat-Themed Christmas Album

Frankly I couldn't take "O Holy Night" being so desecrated LOL, but "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" (and others) is hi-larious. Softlavender (talk) 00:54, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

By the way, I just found out that the Winter Solstice is a day later this year. It doesn't even begin until 16 hours from now. (December 22 at 04:48 am UTC.) -- Softlavender (talk) 12:50, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Best wishes for the holidays...

		Season's Greetings
		Wishing you a Happy Holiday Season, and all best wishes for the New Year! Hafspajen (talk) 11:53, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks so much, Haffy! I really appreciate it! Best wishes to you for a much-improved 2016 on Misplaced Pages and off. xx, Softlavender (talk) 12:52, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!

	Happy Holidays!
	Hi, Softlavender! Have a happy and safe season, and a blessed new year! Holiday cheers, --Discographer (talk) 00:58, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Discographer! Same to you! Softlavender (talk) 01:16, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

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Happy Holidays to you, your family and friends. May you have happy editing!

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Thanks Mark! Very pretty! Have a great one, and a great New Year! Softlavender (talk) 02:52, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

More music of the season to share

Now I am the one intruding S. I know that recommending music requires even more care than films or TV shows as tastes can vary. I also know that you are trying to keep your DVD collection from growing too vast. Even so I want to make you aware of A Not So Silent Night and Sounds Like Christmas. There is a wide range of songs and performers - and the two venues could not be more different. They enhance this time of year for me so I hope that you can find them (or at least some of the songs) streaming somewhere on the interwebs. Best wishes. MarnetteD|Talk 05:08, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for thinking of me, M. I put those on my Wish List to investigate further. I find I tend to be a classicist and a traditionalist in terms of holiday music -- Domingo, Pavarotti, Battle, Robert Shaw Chorale, Percy Faith, Jack Halloran Singers, Messiah, etc. I did find I like Faith Hill's Christmas album, but it's very straightforward and traditional. I often don't even like UK choirs at Christmas because they're singing the wrong melodies for each carol (yikes). This year I haven't even listened to Christmas music except what's on our very good statewide classical-music NPR station. I'm coming off of mass-listening to some music from Ken Burn's docos (The Civil War and The War): William Walton's Passacaglia: The Death of Falstaff and "Ashokan Farewell". For my Christmas-day email to friends I usually send a video of music or similar; last year it was "Appalachia Waltz", also a Ken Burns staple. (This year I've been so involved in these Langton articles I probably am not even going to send an email!! Ditto on wiki holiday-banner-greeting sends!!!) OK, that's far more information than you asked for but you seem to draw out the length in me. :-) Softlavender (talk) 05:43, 25 December 2015 (UTC); edited 05:51, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

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And now for 2016

A view of Lake Bondhus in Norway, and in the background of the Bondhus Glacier, part of the Folgefonna Glacier. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| — 16:22, 25 December 2015 (UTC))

Thanks, Gareth! That's lovely. Wishing you a sweet holiday season and a fine Hogmany Calennig! Softlavender (talk) 20:54, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the courtesy edits

Thanks for adding all of those signatures to keep the discussion organized. Was the auto-signer script malfunctioning, I wonder? Snow 08:19, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome. On some of them you or Adam had responded in two places at once but only signed one place. In another you or Adam put five tildes instead of four. On the one or two instances where SineBot should have signed: I don't think SineBot is working correctly lately, or maybe it gets too many edit conflicts. I've seen far too many unsigned edits in the past two to four months that have not been remedied by SineBot. Softlavender (talk) 09:56, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

Forum shopping

Please do not reopen the discussion on ANI (as you did here). The discussion at WP:BN#Validity of this RfC is the largest and already going. It is fine to disagree with a close, but your actions are not helping your case at all. Please do not reopen that ANI discussion again. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 01:45, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

In retrospect I do see how posting those concerns in more than one venue could be considered forum-shopping. That was not my intention, however; my intention was solely to point up the (in my view important) fact that a massive change in important policy and procedure had been made without what I consider due process. I do feel that a close review request (rather than simply general concern) is in order, and I am going to post one on AN, because that is the venue for close reviews. Nothing personal about you, as I'm sure you were doing what you felt was in order at the time. Softlavender (talk) 02:50, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

This isn't the legal system, so due process is irrelevant. I'm not going to bother repeating again what has been told to you multiple times now in multiple places. Whether you agree with it or not, you had 30 days to voice your concerns and express your opinions. Now that things have been decided differently than your preferred outcome, you are complaining that things didn't go your way. That's life. Things don't always go your way. There are certainly plenty of things here on Misplaced Pages that haven't gone the way I would have preferred, and yet I somehow survived and have moved on. It's a skill you would do well to learn. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 04:03, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

2016

	Happy New Year 2016!
	Did you know ... that back in 1885, Misplaced Pages editors wrote Good Articles with axes, hammers and chisels? Thank you for your contributions to this encyclopedia using 21st century technology. I hope you don't get any unneccessary blisters.    – Cullen Let's discuss it 02:30, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Cullen! But by God I ain't editing with a cell phone, and you can't make me! ;-) Softlavender (talk) 22:53, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy New Year Softlavender!

Softlavender,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Misplaced Pages. ツ Pdebee. 12:39, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Dear Softlavender,
I hope you are keeping well and I send you my best wishes for a great year in 2016!
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee. 14:17, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Thank you Patrick! Much appreciated, and same to you! Softlavender (talk) 22:55, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

2016 year of the reader and peace

2016

peace bell

Thank you for your support, with the Last and other songs, almost singing Pie Jesu, - thanks with my review, and the peace bell by Yunshui! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:31, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks Gerda, nice job! May 2016 find you in excellent health! And happy and prosperous in all ways .... Softlavender (talk) 22:57, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

LOL, Yeah, I still think I was robbed of that Pie Jesu, G. Maybe next year. Right now I'm listening to Schwarzwaldmädel, the EMI Classic CD with Mattes, Koller, Dallapozza, Kusche, Lindner, and Finke. It is perfection, especially for New Years Eve (it's still 2015 here; won't be 2016 for another 2 hours or so). If you like operetta, I heartily recommend it, and that particular CD. Softlavender (talk) 07:51, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

That Mädel was part of my youth ;) - Click on "bell" for the plans. How is "The Creation"? Not much solo work in the others, and the voice type of the pope is bass. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:02, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

I'm not really familiar with The Creation, G, so hard to get enthused about soloing in that. I guess you folks will just have to muddle along without me. By the way, speaking of Saint Cecilia's Day, as we and MarnetteD were a bit above, a reminder that Schwarzwaldmädel begins with an ode to her: (same cast there, although the EMI CD omits the snippet of dialogue, in fact all dialogue thankfully). And no, G, I did not know that Bach's New Year's cantata appears in the B Minor Mass, so I'm listening to those bits. Softlavender (talk) 08:31, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

My first hook suggestion (and still not even in prep) said it more precisely. Any help wanted to get it on the Main page at least tomorrow. (It could replace a Sibelius hook, also by me. Too much Sibelius ;) -will have another one today.) I would like to find a source for saying that in the B minor, the theme has all eight notes of the scale, - so far that's my OR. - The peace bell is onthe German Main page,did you know? Miss Yunshui (among too many others). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:43, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Good God, have we lost Yunshui too? The body count of good admins in 2015 is very high. *sigh* Still one hour till 2016 here. I'm not that great at getting things onto the Main page; have only done that once myself. I did give it a plug, though perhaps not in the right place. Softlavender (talk) 08:54, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

The cantata appeared now, finally! - If you have the courage to face missing watch this. - Click on "bell" for the soft sound of peace (and jest) ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:28, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

At least a lot of them are back, so it does give one hope. I know you didn't really know Malik Shabazz or ever preciousize him, but he was the ideal, completely neutral and always kind admin. Just ask Cullen328. I hope he will come back some day too. Softlavender (talk) 13:03, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

I knew him well enough to proclaim him Precious, but not well enough to dedicate and translate an article - which is my way to deal with a loss, keeping me too busy to lament, - the peace bell was the fourth such translation in 2015, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:04, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Softlavender!

Softlavender,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Misplaced Pages. Regards, Yamaguchi先生 (talk) 22:41, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

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Thank you Yamaguchi; best wishes to you! Softlavender (talk) 22:59, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

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Draft:Psychology of eating meat

Hello Softlavender, and a very happy New Year!

I know you don't want to "hash out the details" of the draft I wrote, but I'd be grateful nonetheless for any more specific criticisms you could offer. To be honest, I've never had my work criticized so harshly, and I'd like to improve it in your eyes. I've heard ex-vegans often have strong opinions on these issues, so you'd be a great person to explain why the draft seems anti-meat in ways other meat-eaters didn't notice.

If you could point out the peer-reviewed psychology sources I've been "cherry-picking" around, or the perspectives within the sources I do have which I've been neglecting, I'd be more than happy to add them to the draft. The nice thing about the WP:NPOV policy is that, by the time you've adequately demonstrated a POV problem, you've necessarily found all the sources needed to fix it.

Best wishes for 2016, FourViolas (talk) 17:48, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi FourViolas, I'm not interested at this time, for reasons I've already given. Softlavender (talk) 04:40, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

All right, I respect that. Hope to work with you some other time. FourViolas (talk) 05:06, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Please

Please never leave another message on my Talk page. Thank you. -- Ssilvers (talk) 05:05, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Well. That's bizarre. _Fortuna 10:46, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Please help

First, thank you for chiming in on the NIU Men's Basketball page and setting those two straight.

Second, can you report (or show me how to do it) "Corkythehornetfan" for this edit (https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Northern_Illinois_Huskies_football&diff=prev&oldid=698779624). Will you please UNDO this.

Evidently, this started with this edit (https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Northern_Illinois_Huskies_women%27s_basketball&diff=prev&oldid=698772480) then he must have gone and made that edit above out of spite.

He is being petty, spiteful, and TARGETING NIU here (and STALKING me). Is he going to go and change all of the Emporia State pages and Western Michigan, Central Michigan, Western Kentucky, etc?

This is absolutely ridiculous. And he cites the "WP:COMMONNAME" like that excuses his childish behavior. It makes the article incredibly difficult to read without a single "NIU" acronym used.

I appeal to your common sense and experience as an editor to set this guy straight.

I just joined, but if this is how this place runs, I won't be staying. I already tried to report him and another editor for circumventing the three-revert rule (which I knew nothing about and apparently was BAITED into breaking by those two). However, someone claimed that they did not circumvent the rule when it's is obvious that they did and simply looking at the edit history of the NIU Men's Basketball Team page would show it.

Please help if you can, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks. (How do I "sign" this?)

-AnneMorgan88

• If I may: AnneMorgan88, this language of "stalking" and "baiting" really needs to stop. It is imperative, in a collaborative project, that one assume good faith--in fact, that's a policy, WP:AGF. Please do not let me see edit summaries like this one again. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 00:33, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

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YOU DIDN'T ADDRESS ANY OF THE CONCERNS.

That user did "stalk" me obviously checking up on pages that I edited after I edited them.

That user is being petty by making the childish edits that rendered the article unreadable. Any real editor understands that once the initial abbreviation is placed in the article, it is acceptable and preferred to use said abbreviation rather than use (a wrong, by the way) long form of the word/phrase/term throughout the entire piece as he did here: (https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Northern_Illinois_Huskies_football&diff=prev&oldid=698779624). Citing the "WP:COMMONNAME" does not excuses his childish behavior.

Again, will that user be editing all of the Emporia State pages and Western Michigan, Central Michigan, Western Kentucky, etc., if "WP:COMMONNAME" is so important to him?

Also, how to I REPORT that user? That hasn't been answered. As I mentioned above, any real life editor with real life editing experience (hint: I am one) understands what that petty user did to the readability of the referenced article. Once reported, any real editor should correct that user's malicious actions. AnneMorgan88 (talk) 15:02, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Perhaps report the user to WP:ANI (remember to place {{subst:ANI-notice}} ~~~~ on the editor's talk page if you do)- you will find such complaints as yours as are dealt with in great depth and impartiality there... _Fortuna 15:10, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

• Comment Just so y'all are aware, I didn't "stalk AnneMorgan88". In fact, I edited the page 3+ months before this user edited the page and/or other Northern Illinois Athletic articles. I'm much easier to work with when a user comes to my talk page or talks with me on the article talk page. I even tried talking to her at the women's bball talk page (she was pinged and she would've seen it in her watchlist). It's when they go to other users' talk pages and starts stuff like "they're bullying" or their "stalkers", etc. that I won't work with them. I don't stalk, I don't bully, and I definitely don't "target" articles; there are better things to do in life then to do that. When I have a page on my watchlist, I check the article to see what edits were made by another user to make sure they A) didn't mess up the rest of the page, B) make sure it isn't vandalism and C) to make sure it sourced... just like I expect others to do when I make an edit. When I saw that this user had went to Drmies about this, yes I looked to see what other users this user had gone to. If this user doesn't get what they want, then they'll just move on until they get what they want (This is the third (3rd) person she's gone to). ❄ Corkythehornetfan ❄ 20:17, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

A year ago ...

The Sorcerer's Apprentice
...you were recipient no. 1091 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:42, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Ciaran Madden

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Just a thought

Saw your comment at my talk, but now I just saw this and so I understand the context better. While think you meant well to give me advice on the guidelines, you probably hadn't noticed , , , and especially . I hesitate to negotiate with those who choose that level of confrontation. Montanabw 01:24, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Your edit comment on deleting the Shipman cite in Ruritanian Romance

Greetings, and I hope this finds you well.

I noticed your deletion of my cite of the Shipman cite in our article Ruritanian Romance, and while I agree with your deletion, you were wrong on one point on your edit comment:

• "Editor's summary: Can't use wikis as citations; see WP:UGC. Thatpoint doesn't need a citation though since it has a Misplaced Pages article. What needs citing is that Jennifer Blake's two novels are historical romances & are set in a fictional country called Ruthenia."

The cite in question was a part of the wikisource project. Wikisource items ARE citable in our articles (indeed, the wikisource project exists to make public domain sources readily available). Where I erred was in not using the wikisource cite template, an error I own.

Just to make it clear that I DO know that our articles are not proper sources for other articles.

However, every other point you made in your edit comment was on point and correct.

I hope you have a prosperous and enjoyable New Year. Best regards, loupgarous (talk) 02:03, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

As I noted in my edit summary, please read WP:UGC. We cannot use any wiki or any crowdsourced item as a citation in Misplaced Pages articles, just like we can't use Misplaced Pages as a citation. Softlavender (talk) 05:47, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

loupgarous is right. When you cite something on Wikisource, you're not citing Wikisource itself, but rather the underlying source (in this case a Catholic Encyclopedia article), a copy of which Wikisource is hosting. That the host is Wikisource is irrelevant -- no different than if it was on Googlebooks or the Wayback machine. EEng (talk) 08:22, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

But Wikisource isn't secure; therefore it's certainly not irrelevant that it is the host. It's like Misplaced Pages; anyone can edit it and put nonsense inside the supposedly authentic article. Therefore, it's unreliable. Softlavender (talk) 08:33, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

I can't swear by it but I think that's wrong. Wikisource has a formal review and protection process -- see wikisource:Wikisource:Protection policy. Pinging John Vandenberg, who I think has a special interest in Wikisource. EEng (talk) 14:21, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Most importantly, the source is not the link. The source is the originally published item. The link is just a convenience that we add to Misplaced Pages citations in order to help other editors find the cited material. As editors we need to find and use the best link for each citation, to help each other and readers.

There are some aspects of a link host that are relevant when choosing whether to link to it. The first should be "does it host scans of the original, with clear bibliographic metadata for the version hosted". Wikisource does host scans with metadata. The scans are usually linked to the page, however the Old CE is undergoing a maintenance project. Anyway, the scans for s:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Ruthenians are somewhere near s:Page:Catholic Encyclopedia, volume 13.djvu/323 (in the pages that follow it).

Scans of Old CE were briefly online at http://oce.catholic.com , however they had an enormous watermark on them, and they claimed copyright of the scan (which is copyfraud). OCE went offline; apparently the business model of making money from PD scans didnt work well. Now the only other comprehensive online copy of Old CE (that I am aware of) is New Advent http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/ , and its clones like http://www.atlaschurch.org/index-8.php , which also does not have scans, does not have images, and I recall it having significant errors in the text.

Yes, anyone can edit Wikisource, but the scans on Wikisource include provenance and metadta, and in this case the scans come from a reputable scanner (University of Toronto). Someone could alter the text to be different from those scans (honestly this doesnt happen very frequently at all...), but with scans around that can be detected and fixed. IMO I would prefer Misplaced Pages links to a wiki with scans and incorrect text, than to a locked down ad farm with seemingly correct looking text and no scans. We cant validate the latter.

Pinging Charles Matthews who started the Old CE upgrade project. John Vandenberg 22:17, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks to everyone for your contributions to the conversation, particularly those posters who mentioned the need to be sure that there are adequate source materials which can be verified before using a wikisource as a source in one of our articles. That's a very useful caveat to use of materials found in the wikisource project, and one that I had not yet considered.

The fact that a cite template exists for wikisource material implies strongly to me that wikisource material is intended to be cited in wikipedia articles. The provenance of the wikisource-hosted material in question here is as firm as many sources which are commonly accepted outside wikisource. loupgarous (talk) 23:29, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Just to repeat, it's not the provenance that is in question at all. It's the fact that it is a wiki, and anybody at all can go in and add nonsense to any article, and therefore it's not provably 100% reliable or accurate at any given time. If it were merely a secure and uneditable article-hosting site (which it should be, like The Free Library), that would be completely different. Softlavender (talk) 00:45, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

I appreciate your point. It's just that wikipedia disagrees with you. A cite template exists specifically to allow citation of sources from wikisource in wikipedia. Quoting directly from Template:Cite_wikisource, "This template is used to cite sources in Misplaced Pages. It is specifically for works in the sister project Wikisource." It's a detailed template, and there are even a series of partially completed wikisource cite templates for specific sources of information hosted there. That's an awesome amount of support for sources which cannot be cited in wikipedia.

Misplaced Pages itself makes the needed point in Template:Cite_wikisource: "This template is used to cite sources in Misplaced Pages. It is specifically for works in the sister project Wikisource." I don't know how much clearer wikipedia needs to be on the subject.

While it's been pleasant discussing this point, at this point I can only encourage you to take your concerns to those of us responsible for the policy which permits the use of wikisource-hosted materials in wikipedia articles. loupgarous (talk) 03:52, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Those of us??? _Fortuna 14:57, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

It is perfectly fine, with a few caveats, to cite what is on Wikisource within Misplaced Pages. One has to note that the source itself may be old scholarship, even if a "reliable source" in the sense used here; and also that transcription errors may occur with any digitisation. Charles Matthews (talk) 05:17, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

You're right. I think that due diligence in evaluating a source is indicated regardless of the nature of the source. The Shipman cite touched on an historical fact, the existence of a geopolitical entity called "Ruthenia" in real life as well as in the pages of one of the novels discussed in the article Ruritanian Romance. I had actually, after making the cite, continued to exercise due diligence and had located a better source, mentioned the fact in the Ruritanian Romance talk page, and was waiting for discussion, so that the change could be made after a consensus had been reached (to avoid any conflicts with other editors on this article). When my cite had been deleted, no one had responded to my request for discussion and consensus.

I actually agreed with Softlavender's deletion of the Shipman cite on grounds of relevance - I'd identified a more recent and possibly more scholarly chapter of a book in Google Books which I felt was a sounder source. But I felt the Shipman cite (Shipman's article in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia) hosted on wikisource, was a technically correct citation. I was not then aware of the proper template for citing sources hosted in wikisource, Template:Cite_wikisource, and to that extent I erred.

But the overarching issue of whether or not wikisource-hosted sources can be used in wikipedia articles shouldn't be an issue. Template:Cite_wikisource is very clear on the subject. I'm primarily interested in making sure that we don't have to go to arbitration or any other dispute resolution process to legitimize a process on which there is clear guidance from wikipedia: "This template is used to cite sources in Misplaced Pages. It is specifically for works in the sister project Wikisource." I can't think of more than one interpretation of those two sentences, and that is that use of sources hosted in wikisource is permissible in wikipedia articles (as you say, with due consideration of the quality of the source). loupgarous (talk) 06:01, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

This is getting way too wall-of-textish.

• loupgarous, the existence of the template is of zero evidentiary value in this. There are lots of templates that purport to help you do things that, in fact, MOS or RS discussions forbid you to do. And if you think a question like this is ever going to go to arbitration, you've lost all perspective.
• The key point is the one John Vandenberg made, which is that in addition to the transcriptions, Wikisource also hosts scans of the original material e.g . Forget the transcriptions -- the scans are the source. EEng (talk) 14:21, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Linking to a/the scan would work, as scans are not editable. (Just for the record and to repeat, there is no need to use this or any other citation about Ruthenia/Ruthenians in the Ruritanian Romance article, as I explained in my edit summary and on the article talk page. There was a misplaced "citation needed" tag which belonged on the previous sentence.) Softlavender (talk) 14:39, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Oh. Well, we learned something new about Wikisource, anyway. BTW, you seem to have missed the party. EEng (talk) 20:35, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Words. Fail. Softlavender (talk) 05:24, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, how come I attract all the impaired or intoxicated block-happy admins? Maybe I should start an essay, WP:BLOCKHEADS. EEng (talk) 06:24, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

"... screw their poor old EEngeens, get sloshed and go berserk"? Martinevans123 (talk) 23:24, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

This discussion hasn't reached a usable consensus in the question "Can wikisource-hosted material be used as sources for citations in wikipedia articles?" Accordingly, I've requested a WP:Third Opinion to open the question up to the wikipedia editor community at large. This section of your talk page and the relevant section of the talk page in Ruritanian_romance are cited. I have given my arguments for the utility of wikisource-hosted material consistent with the general guidelines in WP:RELIABLE in the "Active Disagreements" section under the heading "Are articles or documents hosted in the Wikisource project valid source material for Misplaced Pages articles?" in WP:Third Opinion. You are, of course, invited to defend your position there. loupgarous (talk) 21:55, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Third opinion has been provided here. Darkfrog24 (talk) 23:16, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Your posted close request

If you still want a close on your posted close request for Power Rangers then let me know and I will do it, this is your posted request:

(cur | prev) 16:03, 13 January 2016‎ Softlavender (talk | contribs)‎ . . (28,755 bytes) (+803)‎ . . (→‎Request for closure: Misplaced Pages talk:List of Power Rangers Dino Charge characters: restored request for closure archived by bot) (undo | thank)

It should be a simple close for a short RfC. Fountains-of-Paris (talk) 16:21, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

• Fountains of Paris was confused by the edit summary here, Softlavender's edit had nothing to do with Power Rangers, he was adding another RFC close request back to the page directly under the pre-existing Power Rangers request. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:26, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

• Fountains-of-Paris, I never made a request to close any Power Rangers RfC. ... Next time, please make double sure to check the thread/diff in question (as Floquenbeam did above) before making such an assumption. Also, if you would, please learn how to post a WP:DIFF (using the radio buttons in the edit history and then using brackets to shorten and link it, just like Floq did above, like this: ) so people know what you are talking about. Thanks very much! (And Floq, I'm a she.) Softlavender (talk) 16:53, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

• Yes, and User:Floq also helped clear this up. Fountains-of-Paris (talk) 17:01, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the editing tip! I am trying my best to make the articles as comprehensive as they can be. For the articles about the mountain bike riders, there isn't a ton that I can say about them, but I think it's enough for an article for someone to learn something about them. Rileyschneider (talk) 06:17, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Great, Rileyschneider; we realize that you are a good contributor; it's just that you needed a way to add more to your articles before they are posted live on Misplaced Pages. Another tip: In case you are not aware, the best thing on Google searches is to remember to put quotation marks around the name when searching, and also to remember to check GoogleNews in addition to web. I disagree that there's not much you can say about them. Yngvadottir's additions to your articles show that there is a lot of information and coverage. (If you can't find much about a particular cyclist, then they don't meet Misplaced Pages's notability guidelines and don't belong on Misplaced Pages.) Cheers, Softlavender (talk) 06:25, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

RfC announce: Religion in infoboxes

There is an RfC at Template talk:Infobox#RfC: Religion in infoboxes concerning what What should be allowed in the religion entry in infoboxes. Please join the discussion and help us to arrive at a consensus on this issue. --Guy Macon (talk) 21:19, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Addition of Robert Davi comments on the "Great American Songbook" page

 I posted some comments on the "Great American Songbook" (GAS) which you removed. Could you please tell me WHY you removed my comments? I gave credits to EVERY song name, music writer, and lyric writer of EACH and EVERY song I mentioned as shown below. The link to the GAS with my comments is below. In the reply I received from Misplaced Pages (below) it states, 

  "This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Zanmia (talk | contribs) at 09:53, 27 December 2015 (Added Robert Davi to the "Other Singers" section of the "Great American Songbook"). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision (https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Great_American_Songbook&oldid=696979612 ), 

which may differ significantly from the current revision ( https://en.wikipedia.org/Great_American_Songbook )."

 What exactly are you talking about when you say, "This is an old revision of this page"? The COMMENTS I added were TOTALLY NEW and NOT a "REVISION". What EXACTLY do I need to do to have my comments included in the GAS page?

 https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Great_American_Songbook&section=9
 “Other Singers”

“Actor turned singer Robert Davi has turned his attention from acting to his lifetime love and passion singing. Through his singing he is bringing the greatness that is the "Great American Songbook" to audiences new and old both in concert and on his recordings. His recordings include such classics as "All The Way" written by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, "I've Got The World On A String" written by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Ted Koehler, "Too Marvelous For Words" written by Richard A. Whiting with lyrics by Johnny Mercer, "Summer Wind" written by Heinz Meier with lyrics by Johnny Mercer, and too many more to list. They can be found on "Davi Sings Sinatra On The Road To Romance" at http://davisingssinatra.com/ “

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Zanmia (talk | contribs) at 09:53, 27 December 2015 (Added Robert Davi to the "Other Singers" section of the "Great American Songbook"). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision (https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Great_American_Songbook&oldid=696979612 ),

which may differ significantly from the current revision ( https://en.wikipedia.org/Great_American_Songbook ).

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 Thanks, Mike
 Zanmia (talk) 02:37, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello, Zanmia. What you are mistaking for a "reply" is not a reply, but simply the Misplaced Pages software's banner on an old and archived version (the version with your edit) of the article. As to your question about my removal of the text you added, this sort of question/discussion belongs on the talk page of the article itself, so any further discussion belongs there. I will however give a brief explanation: Davi appears insufficiently noteworthy in this context in the GAS Misplaced Pages article, which is already overrun with too much insufficiently relevant information. Plus the information was uncited and obviously promotional. Please do not respond further here on my talk page; if you have any further questions or comments please post them on the talk page of that article. Thanks. Softlavender (talk) 23:21, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Did you notice ...

... this? Cheers! — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| — 11:16, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

If you are interested

Hello S. I hope that you 2016 is off to a good start. Pauline Collins is a longtime favorite of mine. I wanted to let you know about this sale price on her series The Ambassador. It never aired in my part of the world so I am looking forward to seeing it. Features Denis Lawson and Peter Egan as well :-) Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 20:10, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Wow that does look good, M. I love all those actors. I'll check into a it a bit further and see if I want to spring for it or if it's on Amazon Instant or whatever. By the way, are you watching War and Peace? My boy Jack Lowden, whose wiki article I wrote, is in the main cast as Nikolai Rostov so I've gotten the BBC broadcasts from my Twitter friend as they air (U.S. airing is cutting about 11% of the footage). Loving it so far, even though not as deep or thorough as Tolstoy. Lowden is quite fine, captures the part perfectly (in fact more than any other actor in the miniseries he captures his character as Tolstoy wrote it). Ta, Softlavender (talk) 20:46, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for mentioning W&P. I am such a techno-dinosaur that I haven't gotten around to streaming shows yet. I know that means I am missing some wonderful programs. I will hope to get a chance to catch it one day though. I have to see it since I've read the book a couple times. I've also seen the 1956 film, the 1960 film series and the BBC 1972 series. I even saw the opera many years ago. Of course the comedy version is full of laughs and takes much less time to watch :-) Thanks again. MarnetteD|Talk 21:09, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Whoa, you're way more up on W&P than me. I've only seen the Hepburn/Fonda film, ages ago. I hadn't read the book before this holiday season, so I started around Christmas and have been keeping just ahead of the BBC episodes. I imagine the DVD will come out at some point; hopefully you can acquire the British DVD rather than the U.S. one with all the cuts. (It's an Andrew Davies adaptation, for better of for worse.) :-) Softlavender (talk) 21:16, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

I'll keep my fingers crossed for a DVD release. I have a region free player so getting the UK version will be the way to go. If you can ever track it down the 72 version is an interesting watch if only to see an impossibly young Anthony Hopkins. Do you think that the Beeb will ever make everything available for streaming and just charge us the going rate? MarnetteD|Talk 21:22, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

In terms of the Beeb, it would be nice if they did, and would help offset the Tory budget cuts and its possible imminent destruction. There's been a fair amount of discussion on IMDB with proponents of the Anthony Hopkins version and also his portrayal. Not having seen that to compare, I'm quite happy with Paul Dano, who embodies Pierre as written quite well and quite likeably within the confines of this truncated production; in fact, he's gotten the bulk of the praise so far. Softlavender (talk) 21:29, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. Sergei Bondarchuk directed the Russian film series version and also starred as Pierre. It was a remarkable performance. If you ever go looking for it beware of truncated US DVD releases. This is the fully restored DVD set. Best regards. MarnetteD|Talk 22:21, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

• Update: The Ambassador is on Amazon Prime Instant , so as a Prime member I can watch it for free anytime I want. Thanks for letting me know about it! Thanks for the tip on the full-length Russian W&P also. Yeah, I hated streaming until my CRT TV died in early 2010 and at that time figuring out which flatscreen to buy, especially on a remote island with only a small Sears store for choices, was too complicated, so I got into streaming. I haven't yet replaced my TV so I'm still streaming (and watching DVDs on my computer). These days most streaming will also stream to any TV or device, if one wishes. Softlavender (talk) 23:44, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

I am glad that you will be able to watch it at your leisure. No spoilers if you start watching before my DVD set arrives :-) MarnetteD|Talk 00:28, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi S. I've started watching the series. While it may not reach the heights of others I've enjoyed I can say that it is well written and I am enjoying it. You might find my post here Talk:The Ambassador (TV series) of some interest as well. Best regards and enjoy the rest of your weekend. MarnetteD|Talk 19:17, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

I forgot to say thank you for mentioning the availability of this series on AmazonPrime. I have let a couple friends know about this so that they can enjoy it as well. Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 19:24, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi Marnette, I just watched the second episode of the series last night, having watched the first episode a week or so ago. I enjoyed the first episode but I wasn't sure there would be enough of a plot in Dublin for much to happen in future episodes. Plus, although Pauline Collins is a fine actress, she doesn't have much emotional range (especially facially) in this (I guess ambassadors must be ambassadors), so that's a little frustrating and makes me wonder whether she was the best choice for the lead. Anyway, I'm enjoying it as my no-cost, watch-when-I-don't-have-anything-else-to-watch item. Right now I'm waiting for the final BBC1 episode of War&Peace tomorrow, which I'm enjoying immensely and reading the novel portions in advance of each airing (I'm on the Epilogue now). After I view the final episode I'll give you my impression of the whole. By the way, in terms of the various legitimate viewing options, for Americans, it is now on Amazon Instant , and in 6 parts like the BBC broadcasts, but each episode says ~43 minutes rather than the ~58 minutes of the BBC airings, so I think it's the cut American version. The uncut DVD is available for pre-order on Amazon UK (wow, getting killed in the user ratings there, which don't match the glowing reviews/reports on IMDB, Twitter, news media, US Amazon, etc.). Since the final episode airs tomorrow, I imagine the UK DVD will ship soon. Softlavender (talk) 23:42, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Well I hope I haven't lead you into a show that is turning you off - click - heehee. I am actually enjoying her performance as it is quiet compared to some of the comedies I know her from. That just goes to show that two people can have different reactions to the same thing :-) BTW if you haven't seen Quartet (2012 film) I recommend it as well. It really hit home in many respects. There are a number of laughs in it as well. Make sure to stay through the closing credits as it lists what form of entertainment that each of the cast made their life's work. MarnetteD|Talk 00:02, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the mention, I've had that in the far back of my mind for some time. It's on Amazon Instant rental now so I've just now put it on my Amazon Watchlist. Later, Softlavender (talk) 00:08, 7 February 2016 (UTC) :)

• Hi M, I just watched Quartet (2012 film). It is magnificent! Thanks so much for recommending it to me!!! xxx Softlavender (talk) 13:10, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

You are welcome and I am so glad that you enjoyed it. I was fascinated that all of the performers had long careers in acting, music etc. Have a wonderful week. MarnetteD|Talk 16:11, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Yes, that was fascinating in the end credits; had no idea that was the great Gwyneth Jones, for instance. The climactic quartet was so piercingly good I found it on YouTube: . Here's another version also with Pavarotti and Sutherland, but with Leo Nucci and Isola Jones instead of Milnes and Tourangeau ; this one is not from the whole opera but from a Met Gala in 1987 -- the applause at the end is deafening and lasts more than a minute and a half. In terms of the delightful film, the leads were all actors I have loved for a long while; Tom Courtenay is a particular favorite of mine and I consider him an amazing chameleon. Softlavender (talk) 04:10, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Courtenay is a long time favorite of mine as well. Thanks so much for the link as it is a wonderful performance. I have fallen head over heels for Isabel Leonard - here is one performance for your enjoyment. She is a marvelous mezzo whose acting equals her singing. The other thing I keep noticing and admiring is that she seems to have a deal of fun as well. She is going to appear at the Santa Fe Opera this summer but I am not sure if my schedule and budget are going to allow me to go. Thanks again for the link and cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 04:24, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Ha, I forgot to post the second link; have added it now -- def worth a listen/watch. I'm not familiar with the name Isabel Leonard; I confess to not being as "up" on the opera world as I was when I lived in the Big Apple. Thanks, I'll give that a listen when I get up and turn off the radio -- I'm all settled in in my chair and the radio is too far away. :) Softlavender (talk) 04:47, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

All settled in is the way to go :-) I am glad you added the second link - I was afraid I was missing something (slow on the uptake is my middle name) because Milnes was listed in the one I watched. I saw him in "Girl of the Golden West" last century. MarnetteD|Talk 05:08, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

I watched the Isabel Leonard video. Wow, she is beautiful, a great actress, and has a powerful and extraordinary voice. (Her pitch seems off to me in a couple of places, but maybe that's an anomaly.) Hope you can get to see her -- that's sounds exciting. :-) While clicking thorugh some other of her and others' videos, I was reminded of one of my favorite mezzo moments of all time. It was in a master class by Pavarotti from 1979, televised and also reproduced later in a doco about him. I think it's actually the best performance of "Non so più cosa son" from Le Nozze di Figaro I've ever heard: . I didn't catch the mezzo's name then, but now I see it was the 22-year-old Susanne Mentzer. I also love the things Pavarotti says to her. Anyway, if anyone is interested. Softlavender (talk) 08:39, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

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Um, I think you put this in the entirely wrong thread. I think it goes here, and if your intention is to oppose blanket rules restricting image sizes, then you want to support the new text recently installed , which omits language like "As a general rule, do not change the image size from the default" and so on which two editors seem to want. EEng 13:19, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for alerting me to that. I still think the threads/proposals/whatnot are unwieldy and contradictory and hard to follow or fathom. I do not agree at all that specific px sizes should not be used, or that they should be discouraged; hence I don't think that I can in good faith support anything that I see as of yet. If someone ever sorts out the proposal to restoring the MOS like it was before all the one-size-fits-all stuff creeped in, I will support that. I think the only other kind of wording I might support is just a simple "In general, the default image-size setting should be used", but totally unqualified after that (i.e. no bold scare text that says deviation from that must have "very good reason"). Softlavender (talk) 14:05, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Am I misunderstanding you on the AfD?

Am I misunderstanding you on the autism AfD, or did you really mean to say news reports from reputable media organizations are not reliable sources for medical diagnoses under any circumstances? Aside from the fact that this contradicts WP:NEWSORG, this would render virtually any report of a medical diagnosis unreliable, unless of course you talked to the person or their doctor directly yourself, in which case that's original research obviously. I am starting to see the merits of the AfD on other grounds, but unless I'm missing something, which I hope I am, your claim takes things way, way too far. If I am missing something or misunderstanding you, I apologize. Smartyllama (talk) 20:33, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

Don't stalk Mabelina

@Softlavender: what is your purpose in engaging in the ANI debate as to whether I should be booted off Wiki? This whole escapade launched by MIESIANIACAL is getting less and less savoury. Please advise. M Mabelina (talk) 06:26, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

@Softlavender: I can point out a saving grace for MIESIANIACAL and that is by his use of quotation marks. However, even the use of the term INEDUCABLE causes a legal minefield, which I have never wanted to get into. BUT, if such a statement remains anywhere on Misplaced Pages it could cause others to assume that it might be the case, following which yet another totally unnecessary bullying strategy comes undone costing loads of money... M Mabelina (talk) 06:54, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

@Softlavender: you just encouraged MIESIANIACAL to spread the use of a term which I had previously advised is offensive - was that your intention? M Mabelina (talk) 07:11, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

About copyvio

Hi Softlavender. On the AfD discussion for Amalia Carneri you suggested (in bold as if it were a reprimand) that if a writer copies their own stuff into a WP article it is automatically free of copyvio. Actually that's not quite right. WP:COPYVIO says " If the contributor is the copyright holder of the text, even if it is published elsewhere under different terms, they have the right to post it here under CC BY-SA and GFDL without violating copyright, so long as they provide a suitable release to the world under Misplaced Pages's licenses or a free license that is compatible with them." No such licence attached to the article. The action taken by another editor, to rewrite it, was therefore appropriate. Best, --Smerus (talk) 14:32, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

Well done

You really lit the blue touch paper there, didn't you? I had got to a point where Mabelina had agreed to "cool off" (his words), and then you have gone and stoked things up again. Would this "cooling off" have lasted? I don't know. But I know for definite that there was a significantly greater chance of it lasting without your intervention.

I am under no illusion as to the scale of the mountain Mabelina has to climb to get unblocked. I am also under no illusion as to the possible outcomes of any unblock request, but Mabelina will continue to edit other wikipedia sites so if we want him to contribute to those constructively is it not better that he leaves here with a reasonably positive outlook towards at least some other editors, rather than seething with rage at the "injustice" of it all?

I will admit that I did not know about the 6 month guideline, so I should have said "6 months" instead of "a few weeks", but I fail to see how you could object to any of the other advice, especially as I was very careful to point out that they were merely my suggestions and that they wouldn't guarantee anything as someone else would make the decision. I'd also point out that the 1RR was suggested by another editor, and the admin who blocked Mabelina was the one who suggested I offer that advice to him.

Oh, and exactly how many thousand edits should someone make before they are able to offer advice to another user? 5? 10? 50?

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Sanders

You're not seriously suggesting the article says he might even possibly be atheist, are you? That would be a remarkable failure of reading comprehension. Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 02:40, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

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